Laute is a river of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is a right tributary of the Innerste.
Laute | |
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Location | |
Country | Germany |
State | Lower Saxony |
Location | Upper Harz |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | near Hahnenklee |
• elevation | ca. 540 m above sea level (NN) |
Mouth | |
• location | in Lautenthal into the Innerste |
• coordinates | 51.8698°N 10.2851°E |
• elevation | 300 m above sea level (NN) |
Length | 6 km (3.7 mi) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Innerste→ Leine→ Aller→ Weser→ North Sea |
The Laute rises in the vicinity of Hahnenklee in the Upper Harz and discharges about 6 km (3.7 mi) later into the Innerste in Lautenthal. The source is at an elevation of about 540 m at the bottom of a mountain called Kuttelbacher Berg. The Laute flows to the west parallel to road L 516 which is called Hahnenkleer Straße in Lautenthal. The name of the town means Laute Valley. The mouth is at an elevation of about 300 m in the west of Wildemanner Strasse, the high street of Lautenthal.
In 1875 a railway bridge of the Innerste Valley Railway was built over the Laute close to its mouth.[1] Although the railway line was closed in 1977, the bridge is well preserved and still used by hikers. A flood of the Laute caused considerable damage in Lautenthal in 1877.[2]
- Laute in the east of Lautenthal
- Laute in the middle of Lautenthal
- Former railway bridge over the Laute which discharges into the Innerste (in the foreground)
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